Managing Endevor Inflight Elements

[daboyze]

Can someone share with me on how they manage Endevor inflight elements.

I can easily run CSV Element Reports and manually send a report out to each system but that is time consuming.

please share your thoughts.. 

[Mathew Goldstein]

Code the move processors to write to a database? We enforce (with package exit) a requirement that a particular type of element be in our packages (with an element name matching with the package name) and the move processor for that element conditionally sends email notifications to whoever wants to know about particular package executions. We also create automated monthly reports of package activity (REXX programs), but that is not "in flight".

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[daboyze]

Thank you Mathew for your response..

Just to be sure, I ask my question correctly..

I consider 'INFLIGHT' elements as elements that are NOT in stage 'P'.
My goal is to generate a list of elements that are not in stage 'P' for over 30days.

With my re-explanation would your suggestion still apply to my request?

Allen Newton
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[Emlyn Williams]

If you mean the time in-between moving to the prod stage and shipment, to actual implementation to the live libraries.

We automatically sign out the elements to #PENDING when the package is executed/shipped. 

Then when the change is implemented we sign the elements back in (as long as they are still signed out to #PENDING)

[daboyze]

Thank you, Evelyn, for your response..

Maybe I am misunderstood when I say Inflight Elements but perhaps, I might need to say Orphan Elements.
Issue: Our developers in conjunction with staff reduction have the tendency of pulling elements from stage 'PROD' and leaving the element abandoned.

Please advise..

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[Emlyn Williams]

All our developers have override signout authority so signout in PROD isn't an issue.

Once a year we archive all elements in the development stages that are over five years old. We send the users a warning with the list of elements that we are going to delete, along with instructions on how to recover the elements from the archive file. If they want to keep any elements we advise then users to generate them which will remove them from our list.

[daboyze]

Thank you Emlyn, I like your idea, I would put a game plan to do the following:

Game plan to transfer/delete inflght elements.


* select elements via CSV report
* create SCL to transfer/delete each element via REXX (do you have a REXX program to build SCL?)
* send email to programmer's.. and release archive job 1 week later

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[Emlyn Williams]

We list all the elements in the development stages with CSV (NOCSV). Then use DFSORT to select the elements by last action date, and also build the SCL from the CSV output at the same time.

SORT FIELDS=(ALELM-RS-SUBSYS,A,ALELM-RS-ELEMENT,A)
INCLUDE COND=(ALELM-RS-RECTYP,EQ,C'M',AND,        
              ALELM-RS-NOSOURCE,EQ,C'N',AND,      
              ALELM-RS-LACT-DATE,LT,&FROMDATE)    
OUTFIL OUTREC=(1:C'ARCH ELE ',1155,71,/,          
               2:C'FRO ENV ',ALELM-RS-ENV,        
                 C'SYS ',ALELM-RS-SYSTEM,         
                 C'SUB ',ALELM-RS-SUBSYS,         
                 C'TYP ',ALELM-RS-TYPE,           
                 C' STA ',ALELM-RS-STG-ID,C' .',  
                 C' * ',ALELM-RS-LACT-DATE)       

For SOURCELESS (ALELM-RS-NOSOURCE,EQ,'Y') elements we just delete them without archive.

[daboyze]

Thank you Emlyn, I will try these sort cards..

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[daboyze]

Emlyn attached is my 'NOCSV' report using the SCL below.
It does not reflect the columns in the Sort cards.

Am I running the correct report?
We are on version 19.0.


//CSVIPT01 DD * DISP=SHR,DSN=PM0AJN.ND
LIST ELEMENT '*'
FROM SYSTEM 'TV1P' SUBSYS '*' ENVIRONMENT '*'
STAGE '*' TYPE '*' TO DDNAME 'LISTELMS'
NOCSV
.

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[Emlyn Williams]

You'll have to work out your own sort columns, replacing ALELM-RS-SUBSYS with 31,8,CH etc.

[Joseph Walther]

You can use the Table-Tool-CSV-Sorting and not have to be concerned about sort columns.

[daboyze]

This is my sort code, it works with the exception my Element could be less that 8 and my type can be less than 4, so I have trailing spaces in those fields.

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Can you advise?


SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTFIL BUILD=(4:C'ARCH ELE ',C'''',12,8,C''''/,
4:C'FRO ENV ',C'''',2,4,C''''/,
4:C'SYS ',C'''',22,4,C''''/,
4:C'SUBSYS ',C'''',32,6,C''''/,
4:C'TYPE ',C'''',42,4,C''''/,
C'TO ENVIRONMENT OBSOLETE SYSTEM OBS SUBSYSTEM OBS00',/,
C' TYPE ',C'''',42,4,C''''/,
C' OPTIONS CCID NDVRMAINT COMMENTS XXXX OVERRIDE SIGNOUT',/,
C' SYNCHRONIZE BYPASS ELEMENT DELETE',/,
C' BYPASS GENERATE PROCESSOR'/,
C' .')

Allen Newton
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[daboyze]

Allen Newton
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[daboyze]

Sorry I meant Emlyn… 😊

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